Life Cycle Cost Calculations as the Means for Value Communication in Networks

Kunttu, Susanna; Kettunen, Outi; Välisalo, Tero

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-49649-8_15

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“…Due to a lack of sufficient information about life cycle costing, sometimes they failed to make the right investment decisions. Lack of sufficient reliable data from suppliers is one of the major barriers for calculating life cycle costing [39].…”

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An Exploratory Study on Integrating Sustainability Aspects During the Acquisition of Production Equipment

Islam

Chavez

Bellgran

2020

Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering

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Production equipment such as machines have crucial impact on the overall performance of production operations in manufacturing industries, since there is a strong correlation between the machines and working conditions and performance on the shop floor. Well designed production equipment has the potential to achieve economic gain by reducing the disturbances during the operational phase, to fulfill environmental commitment by reducing emissions and resources consumption and utility, and to increase employee satisfaction ensuring safety and good ergonomics. Therefore, when acquiring production equipment it is important to consider different sustainability aspects relevant to its usage during the operational phase. This study aims at exploring the critical features of production equipment to facilitate different practices in the context of sustainable production operational system, and how manufacturing companies are considering sustainability aspects when acquiring production equipment. The data has been collected based on a literature study, interviews conducted in different manufacturing companies located in Sweden, attending group discussion sessions, and reviewing machines’ technical regulation guidelines. Some of the critical features identified are error proofing, setup time, one-piece flow, automatic generation of required data, reduction of energy and resource consumption, together with worker’s health and safety, etc. The data indicates that companies specify different features of machines based on the requirements of operational performance and these features are aligned with different lean techniques, green practice, and safety issues. However, during acquisition process of production equipment the environmental issues are still not prioritized yet compared to lean and safety aspects. Budget constraint, insufficient information of the whole life cycle costing and lack of innovation from the equipment suppliersÂť side are exampled of major barriers for acquiring more environment-friendly production equipment.

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confidence: 99%